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| Date: From: Subject: | 3/8/2012 4:00:58 PM Mike Donnelly, HSLDA More Calls Needed to Support Religious Freedom Restoration Act! |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== More Calls Needed to Support Religious Freedom Restoration Act! Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: Thank you for your calls in support of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The Senate Rules Committee took action as you requested and placed HCR 2657, which has now been renamed SCR 84, on the regular calendar. The full Senate will likely vote on this resolution tonight. The House will then need to concur with SCR 84 - the House vote will likely take place tomorrow. If both the House and Senate vote in favor of the resolution, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act will be sent to an interim study committee over the summer. You can view the text of the resolution here: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13998 ACTION REQUESTED Please contact both your senator and delegate today and ask them to support SCR 84. You can use the following message in your own words: "Please support SCR 84. This resolution will allow the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) to be studied over the summer. RFRA is necessary to adequately protect religious freedom in West Virginia." You can find your senator and his or her contact information here: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13999 You can find your delegate and his or her contact information here: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=14000 BACKGROUND On June 25, 1997, by a 6-3 majority, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in The City of Boerne v. Flores that the 1993 federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) was unconstitutional. By doing this, the Court gave the lowest level of protection to religious liberty. Under this minimal standard, the state can override a citizen's right to freely exercise his or her religious beliefs by simply proving that its regulation is "reasonable." Since nearly all state regulations can be determined to be "reasonable," religious freedom is exceedingly limited. If passed, the West Virginia RFRA would restore the high standard of protection for religious liberty previously guaranteed in the federal RFRA and earlier Supreme Court decisions. For additional information, visit our Issues Library at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=14001 Thank you for your effort to advance freedom in West Virginia! We greatly value you and your support--it is a privilege to serve you! If you or someone you know is not a member of HSLDA, will you consider taking a moment today to join or recommend us and support our work defending individual families threatened by government officials and protecting homeschooling freedom for all? Join now: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=14002 Very truly yours, Michael P. Donnelly, Esq. Staff Attorney ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Is customer service an art or a science? 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